Amusement device



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A. H. BECHTOL ET AL AMUSEMENT- DEVICE Filed Deq. 19,. 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 A.H. Beclz iol k WA. T ratsch Patented MaylS, 192a.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

enema H. BncEroL' AND WALTER A. 'rm'rscn, F MEMPHIS, 'rmmnssnn.

Application filed December 19, 192a Serial no. 607,915.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, ARCHIE H. BECHTOL and WALTER A. Tm'rscrr, both citizens rofthe United States, residing at Memphis, in

8 the county ofShelby and State of Tennessee, haveinvented "certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 4

Thisinventionrelates to an amusement device comprising a'coin operated pistol and has for its object to provide an apparatus of this character which will be simple in construction, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and more efficient in use than those which have been heretofore proposed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel details of construction, and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularlypointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views: c

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic plan view of an apparatus made in accordance with this invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view, partly in section, of the apparatus shown in Fig ure 1' Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the pistol portion of the device removed from its casing and showing a portion of said-casing in dotted lines; Y Y

Figure 4 is a view. of-the parts shown 1n Figure 3 as seen from the opposite side;

Figure 5 is a plan view of the parts shown in Figure 4; I

Figure 6 is a fragmentary side elevatgional view of a portion of the parts shown in .Figfire 3, when in their firing position;

Figure 7 is a view of the parts shown in Figure 6 as seen from the opposite side of th pistol;

Figure 8 is a sectional view of the pistol showing the trigger and hammer in positions ready to fire;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the relation ofrparts in a position of rest; and

Figure 10 is a sectional view taken on the line 10--10 of Figure 3, looking in the direction of the arrows. i

1 indicates a coin chute with which the pistol is provided, 2 a coin that has passed down said chute and which must occupy the position shown in Figure 3 before the pistol can be fired. The controlling lever 3 is pivoted as'at 4 and is provided with the toe or lug 5 which normally rests in the notch 6 with which the cam or lever 7 is provided, 'as will be clear from Figures 3 and 6., The shaft 8 has loosely mounted thereon ,the notched disk 9 and rigidly mounted thereon the cam or lever 7. The trigger 10 is pivoted as at 11, Figure 8, and pivoted to said trigger as at 12 is the member 13 which acts against the member 14 rigidly attached to the shaft 8, and therefore turns with said shaft. The cam 7 is cut away as at 15 to receive the rounded edge of the coin 2, which latter rests between saidcam and the edge 16 of the lever 17 pivoted as at 4 and provided with the projection 18 adapted to take against the lever 3 as best shown in Figure 3. It results from the construction so far. described that when the trigger 10 is pulled it will swing on its pivot 11, causing the arm 13 to push the arm 14 toward the left as seen in Figures 8 and 9, and thus turn the shaft 8 in a counter-clockwise direction, as seen in said figures; The rotation of the shaft 8 just described turns the cam 7 in the same direction, and thus ushes the coin 2 toward the left as seen in igure 3. This movement of said coin moves the 90 lever 17 and pin or projection 18 as well as the lever 3 toward theleft as seen in said Figure"3,' with the result that the toe 5 of said lever 3 is withdrawn from the notch 6 of the cam' 7 against the tension of the spring 20.

As said cam 7 moves forward in the manher just described, it carries with it the spring pawl 21 secured as at 22 to said cam,

and which turns thedisk 9 one notch around the shaft 8. This said disk 9 has one notch 23 which is deeper than the others, and

which when registering with the notch 6 in the cam 7 permits thetoe 5 to lock said disk '9 and cam 7 together, but when not so in has, through the agency of said coin, re-: leased the cam 7 from the toe 5 then the trigger may be continuously operated until the pawl 21 has rotated'the disk 9 through a complete revolution and brou ht the deep notch 23 back into register wit said notch 6. That is, after one coin has been expended five shots can be fired with the five notches in disk 9.

The arm 13 is controlled by the heavy spring 30 carried 'by the trigger, and the. arm 1.4 is controlled by the spring '31 as shown. Pivoted as at 32 is a gravity controlled sear or tripping member 33 provided with an inclined face 33 and a shoulder 34 against which takes the beveled lower end 35 of the hammer member 38 also pivoted at 32 and controlled by the spring 36. It thus results that as the members 13 and 14 move forward as disclosed, they swing'the tripping member 33 on'its pivot 32 and thus through its shoulder 34 pressing .on the bevelled edge 35 of the hammer member 38 swings the latter on its pivot against the compression of the spring 36. This action will continue until the toe 40 of the member 14 passes the sear or tripping member 33 and thus releases the hammer 38 which fires the shot. Upon releasing the pressure on the trigger 10, the spring 31 forces back the member 14 causin the toe 40 thereof to contact the incline surface 33 of the .tripping member 33, lift the latter and thus pass 7 by, whereupon the said tripping member will fall to its operative position. In its return movement the member 14 pushes back member 13 and so restores the trigger 10 to its initial position. a

lit is preferred to mount the gun 44 for swinging around a vertical pivot 45, and a horizontal pivot 46, see Figure 2, in a manner the same as that disclosed in the copending application SerialNo. 514,746, filed by Tratsch and Bechtol, November 12, 1921,

entitled Amusement device. It is also preferred to partially enclose the gun between an upper transparent member 47 and a lower curved inclined metal tray 48 provided with a groove49 to return the balls.

An suitable target 50 may be provided, an any'suitable screen 51 having holes 52 through which the balls may pass, may be turned to the groove 49, while those balls that pass through said holes and strike the target 50 pass under the screen 51 through the space 53 and return to said groove 49. It thus results that the gun bein mounted on a universal pivot 'may be e evated or depressed and moved sidewise in exercising skill to hit the target and in all cases the .balls will, through gravity, find their way back to the groove 49 in the tray 48.

The shaft 8 is also provided with a rocking membe'r54, Figure 4, having a toothed sector 55 adaptedto engage the pawl 56 pivoted as at 58 and controlled by the spring 59. Said rocking member 54 1s also provided with a curved shoulder 60 adapted to take against the toe 61 of the lever 62 pivoted at 58, and controlled by the spring 63. .64 represents a stop against which the lever 62 takes in its downward movement. The extreme end 65 of the lever 62 takes between the forked ends 66 of a lever 67 pivoted at 68 to the frame, and at 69. to the pusher member 70, controlled by spring 78. all as will be clear from F res 4, 7 ,and 1C Said member 70 is provi ed with a toe 71 which'acts like a reciprocating pawl to take under the pins 72 with which the cylinder 73 of the pistol is provided, and to thus rotate said cylinder each time the trigger is pulled. A locking pawl 79, controlled as by spring 79 is also pivoted at 68 and is adapted to extend into the depression or pocket formed by any two of the chambers or openings of said cylinder, all as will be clear from Figures 3 and 10. Thus it will be seen that as the pusher member 70 rotates the cylinder, the locking pawl 79 rides outwardly from one of the aforementioned pockets and then snaps into the next adjacent pocket, thereby locking the cylinder 73 a ainst reverse rotation upon the downwar return movement of the said pusher member;

Said cylinder is pivoted as at 74 to the frame of the gun, and also hung from said pivot is the frame member 75 carrying the funnel shaped member 76 beneath the barrel 77 of the gun. Said funnel shaped member 76 is normally in register with the groove 49 of the tray 48 as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 3, but is spaced therefrom' as indicated at 76 by a distance less than the diameter of the ball so that the gun may be swun on its horizontal pivot indicated at '46, igure 3,. suiiiciently to enable the operatorto try his skill in shooting;

It will be clear from the foregoing that upon the pulling of the triggenthe piece will be unlocked when a coin 2 is in position. asshown in Figure 6. and the hammer 38 will be cocked and fired in the manner above disclosed. But these actions involve the turning of the shaft 8 as described, and the turning of said shaft, as will be clear from Figures 4, 7 and 10, cause the toothed sector 55 to engage the pawl 56 and thus .compel a complete stroke of the trigger 10 before the parts can be released. That is to say, these parts constitute a well known complete stroke device used in registers o1- counting machines. It operates as follows: The toe of the pawl 56 must keep in engagement with the rack 55 so long as the latter 10 moves in a clockwise direction as seen in v the rack does however, the

Figures 4 and 7, or until the rack passes entirely from under the pawl, thus causing a complete stroke of the trigger 10. When pass from under the pawl, spring 59 turns the rack engaging end of pawl 56 on its pivot 58in a clockwise directlon, as seen in said last named figures, and thereby enables the rack 55 and. trigger to return to their normal positions.

The parts are 'so timed that when the rack has thus completed its first mentioned or forward movement the hammer is ready to fire, and a slight additional movement of the trigger fires the ball and the spring 59 thereupon moves the pawl 56 in the manner so tact with the toe of the lever thebore 81' of the gun.

stated and permits the sh ft 8 to retuII'IIYtU its normal position. F urt er, the move ent of the said sector toward the right, as seen in Figure 4, will cause its shoulder 60 to con- 62, thus swinging the lever 67 on its p1 rot 68 and raising the pawl member 70 sufiicientlv to turn one: of the openings 80 in the cylinder 73 a predetermined angular distance. to provide a 85 register with the bore 81 of the gun. In the meantime, balls 82 that may have been fired at the screen 51 or target will have returned to the groove 49 in the plate 48 in the manner above disclosed, and delivered from said groove into the funnel shaped member 76, see Figure 3, whence they will move into the lowest opening80 of the cylinder 73, whence they the pawl 71 up to the highest opening 85 of said cylinder and thus by gravity roll into n this manner, as

each shot is fired a new ball is delivered into the lowest opening 80 of the cylinder and another ball 1s passed from the highest opening 85 into the p maUtically' loaded after each slot.

of tlib n has been limited to its operation upont e s application of a" coin to unlock the mechanism. Should the trigger --be pulled with no coin inserted, damage to said mech anism is prevented by operation of the member-13, asbestillustrated in Figures3,

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8 and 9.. That is to say,

causes the lug 5 to disengage the notch 6 of thecam 7 and thus allowing the shaft 8 to be rotated. But if, on the other hand, should of member 14 against the tion of a propellin will be moved successively by bore so that the gunis auto to this point, however, the descriptionthe mechanism is normally intended for use only after the inj sertion of a coin which, as stated previously,-

introduced to disengage the'saidlu 5 from the cam 7, shaft 8 will remain locke against rotation and consequently member 14, which isrigidly attached to the said shaft will not turn. Therefore,;'member 13 slips or rides over the curved rear surface 41 of thetoe 40 compression of the heavy spring 30, see Fi re 9.- It will thus be seen hat no damage can result noi' no shot be fired, when member 13 so rides over the member 14, inasmuch as the toe 40-of said member 14 extends above the sear or tripping member 33 of the hammer 38. In other words, the members 12, 13, 14, 30 and their coacting parts constitute a safety means or device which prevents damage to the'mechanism when the trigger is pulled while the parts are locked. In this connection, it might'be further added that the spring 30 must of coprse be much stronger than springs 31 and\36. v It is obvious that those skilled in the artmay varythe details of construction as well as the arrangement of a parting from the spirit 0 the invention, and therefore it is not desired to be limited to the above disclosure except as may berequired by the claims. i What is claimed is: t

1. In'an amusement device, the combinadevice; ,a trigger confparts, without detrolling said prope lin'g device; means for pivoting said device for movement in a horizontal plane; means for pivoting said device for'movement in a vertical plane;

safety means comprising a spring controlled, pivoted member and preventingfinjury to said mechanism when the trigger is pulled while the parts are locked; atarget toward which balls may be firedfrom said device;

said propelling device; means for pivoting 'meansto normally lock the mechanism; a

said'device for movement in a horizontal plane; means for pivoting said device for movement in a vertical plane; means to normally lock the'mechanism; a safety means comprising a spring controlled pivoted member and preventing injury to said mechanism when the trigger is pulled while the arts are locked; a target toward which alls may be fired from said device; and

means for automatically returning the fired balls to said device.

3. In an amusement device, the combination of a propelling device comprising a'barrel and a spring controlledhammena triggerand sear member controlling said pro-;

vice for movement in a horizontal plane;-

'pelling device; means for pivoting said de means for pivoting said device for move-v ment in a vertical plane; means to normally lock the mechanism; a safety means comprising a spring controlled pivoted member and preventing injury to said mechanism when the'trigger is pulled while the parts are looked; a target toward which balls may be fired from said device; and means comprisin a grooved tray for automatically returning the fired balls to said device.

4. In an amusement device, the combination of an operating shaft; provided with an arm like member rigid therewith; means for normally locking said shaft; a propelling device adapted to be actuated bysaid arm like member; a trigger provided with a'spring controlled pivoted member adapted to actuate said arm like member when said shaft is not locked and to serve ,as a safety device when said shaft is locked to prevent j injury to the mechanism when the trigger is pulled while said shaft is locked; means for pivoting said device for movement in a horizontal plane; means for pivoting said device for movement in a vertical plane; a target toward which balls may be fired from said device; and means for automatically returning the fired balls to said device.

' 5., In an amusement device, the combination of a gun; means for pivoting said gun for movement in two planes at right angles to each other; a target; means carried by said gun for' firing balls at said target; an

operatin shaft; means to normally lock said sha means carried bysaid shaft for firing said gun; a trigger provided with means for actuating said shaft when said shaft is not locked, said last named means constituting a safety device to prevent injury to the mechanism when said shaft is looked; a pivoted sear coacting with said trigger; and means for automatically toturning to said gun the fired balls.

6. In an amusement device, the combination of a gun provided with arevolving cylinder; means for pivoting said gun movement in two planes at right angles to each other; a target; means carried by said gun for firing balls at said target; an operating shaft; means to normally lock said shaft; means carried by said shaft for firing said gun; means carried by said shaft for revolving said cylinder; a trigger provided with means to actuate said shaft; said means also constituting a safety device to prevent injur to the mechanism when said trigger is pu led while said. shaft is locked;.a piv oted sear coacting with said trigger; and means for automatically returning to the cylinder of said gun the fired balls.

'7. In an amusement device, the combination of a n; means for pivoting said gun for movement in two planes at right angles to each other; a targe; means carried by and gun for firing heat said target; an

for

operating shaft; means carried by said shaft for firing said gun; means to normally look said shaft; a trigger provided with means for actuating said shaft, said means also.

constituting a safety device to prevent inju to the mechanism when sai trigger 1S pu ed while said shaft is locked; means carried by said shaft for compelling a complete operating stroke of said trigger when the latter is moved; and means for automatically returning to said gun the fired balls.

8. In an amusement tion of a gun; means for pivoting said gun;

means for normally locking the mechanism;

a pivoted trigger carried by said gun; a pivoted hammer carried by sald gun; a

device, the combina-' pivoted'spring controlled means carried by said trigger; a pivoted gravity controlled means carried by said hammer; and connections by which said trigger carried means causes the actuation of said hammer carried means when the machine is unlocked and, whereby when said connections are locked the trigger may be pulled without injury to the mechanism.

the fired balls to said cylinder, whereby when said connections are locked the trigger may be pulled without injury to the mechanism and whereby when said connections are, not looked a pull on the trigger will fire the gun andturn said cylinder.

10. In a gun for use in an amusement controlled pivoted hammer for propelling balls out of said barrel; a gravity controlled sear carried by said hammer; a trigger coacting with said sear; an operating shaft actuated by said trigger; a rotating cylinder; and connections between said shaft and cylinder for rotating the latter.

11. In a gun for use in anamusement device, the combination of a barrel; a spring controlled pivoted hammer for propelling balls out of said barrel; a pivoted sear carried by said hammer; a trigger ooacting withsaid sear; an operating shaft actuated by said trigger; means for normally locking said shaft against inder; and connections between said shaft and cylinder for rotating the latter when said aft is free to turn,

, device, the combination of a barrel; a spring operation; a rotating cy'l- 12. a pistol for use in an amusement device, the combination of a barrel; a spring controlled hammer for firing said barrel; a gravity controlled sear. carried b said hammer; a trigger; an operating sli aft; means carried by. said trig er for turning said shaft; means-carried y saidshaft r placing said hammer under the force of its sprin acylinder; means carried by said shaft or rotating said cylinder;

and means for automatically locking said shaft against rotation after a predetermined number of balls have been fired.

13. In a pistol for'use in an amusement device, 'the combination of a barrel; a spring controlled hammer forfiring balls out of said-barrel; a trigger; an operating shaft; for turning means carried by said trig'gflit'I said shaft; means for 'compe g a complete strokeof said trigger after its 0 erating movement has begun; means carrie by said shaft for placing said hammer under the force of its 3 ring; a cylinder; means car-' ried by said s aft for rotating said cylinder; and means for automatically locking said shaft against rotation after a predetermined number of balls have been fired.

v 14. 'In a pistol for use in an amusement device, the combination of a firing mechanism comprising a gravity controlled sear; a barrel; a cylinder adapted toreceive balls. and to deliver them-to said barrel for firing;

a funnel sha ed member carried b sa1d pistol adapte to-receive the fired ba to deliver them into said cylinder; a trigger coacting with said sear; and connections by which said cylin er will be rotated upon the operation of sai trigger.

15. In a pistol for use in an amusement balls out of:

device, the combination of a firin and.

- device,-the combination of a barrel; a'cylinder adapted to receive balls and to deliver' them to said barrel for firing; a funnel shaped member carried -b adapted to receive the fire U deliver them into said cylinder; a trigger; means for locking said cylinder against retrograde movement; and connections comprising means for compelling a complllete stroke when the trigger is moved. by w 'ch said cylinder will be rotated upon the operation of said trigger. v v g 16. In a .pistol for .use in' an amusement mechanism comprising a gravity contro ed sear; a barrel; a cylinder adapted to receive balls andto deliver them to said barrel for firing;

said pistol balls and to pistol adapte to receive the firedballs and to deliver them into said cylinder; means for pivoting said pistol for movement in a vertical plane atthe mouth of said funnel;

a trigger coacting with said sear; and com nections by which said cylinder will be rotated upon the operation of said trigger.

17. In anamusement device, the combinationofa pistol adapted to fire balls at a target; a tray over which said-balls may be fired provided with a groove for returning the fired balls to said pistol; a funnel carried by the pistol for receivin said balls from said groove; andmeans or pivoting said pistol for movement around an axis passing between the ends of said groove and funnel.

1 r In testimony'whereof we'aflix our signatures ARCHIE H. BEGHTOL. WALTER A. TRATSGH. 

